but, ladies and gents, where would that seat go in a by—election.7 reform uk are they still in with a chance, or will the infighting scupper that and a rally taking place to stop? suella braverman speaking at the oxford union? i'll talk to her about that. and the debate has taken place today in response to a petition calling for immigration to be paused for five years. a lot to discuss on that one. and labour mps revolting against the proposed welfare changes. well, we have

got a lot to get stuck into tonight. but before we do, let's cross live and give you your 6:00 news headlines. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines at 6:00. mike amesbury is standing down as an mp, triggering a massive by—election in runcorn and helsby. the disgraced labour mp has told the bbc he will step aside at the earliest opportunity, after he was given a suspended ten week prison sentence for punching a man in the street. amesbury pleaded guilty in january to assaulting a constituent, 45 year old paul fellows, after a row in the street in cheshire in the early hours of october. the 26th . jet hours of october. the 26th. jet fuelis hours of october. the 26th. jet fuel is spilling into the north sea after an oil tanker and a cargo ship collided near hull, with reports of a massive fireball being seen. the us

flagged stena immaculate tanker, which was carrying fuel for the us government, appears to have been hit while at anchor by the portuguese flagged container salon. the cargo ship was carrying 15 containers of the highly toxic compound sodium cyanide. that's according to reuters news agency. one person is in hospital, while the other 36 people from both crews are safe and accounted for, according to local mp graham stuart. the prime minister's spokesperson has said this is extremely concerning. we want to thank emergency services for their prompt response and we're monitoring the situation. meanwhile, greenpeace uk said it was too early to know the extent of any environmental damage as the jet fuel continues spilling into the sea. in other news, sir keir starmer has told donald trump he hopes talks between the us and ukraine would have a positive outcome which would enable the resumption of intelligence sharing and the supply of military aid. the

prime minister and the us president spoke ahead of talks between the us and ukraine in saudi arabia, as efforts continue to find a peace deal to end the war with russia. it comes as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has arrived in saudi for a state visit, though he will not attend the talks with us officials tomorrow. back in the uk. the family of sir david amess has slammed the home secretary for rejecting a public inquiry into his murder, calling it unacceptable and insulting. yvette cooper says it's hard to see how an inquiry would go beyond the trial of terrorist ali harbi ali and a recent prevent review. the attacker, an islamic state fanatic, was referred to prevent years before stabbing the veteran mp to death at his constituency surgery in 2021. sir david's widow is urging the prime minister to reconsider. ahead of their meeting on wednesday , and the

meeting on wednesday, and the king attended the annual commonwealth day event at westminster abbey with the queen, prince and princess of wales, as well as the prime minister and a2000 strong congregation. in his commonwealth day message, the king said restoring the disrupted harmony of our entire planet is the most important task facing humanity. outside was a large protest by the anti—monarchy group republic, who held up not my king and down with the crown placards from an area across from the abbey. >> not my king. >> not my king. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to michelle. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you very much for that. michelle dewberry. this is

dewbs& co with you until 7:00 tonight and boy oh boy, have we got a lot that we need to discuss. ladies and gents, in a second. i'm going to get straight into that story about mike amesbury finally seeing sense, saying that he will step aside as soon as is possible. what about now, anyway? look, do you think that is the right decision? and what would that mean when it comes to a by—election? of course. i want to ask you about reform uk. many people were suggesting that there might be a shoo in for that seat. is that still the case now, given the twists and turns that we've seen last week and again over the weekend, we've got all of that to discuss lots more as well. and i want you to join the conversation all the usual ways you can email me @gbnews dot com slash your say as well. you can get me on the website. and of course you can tweet or you can text me. but before we get stuck into all of that, let's cross live to my neck of the woods, my home turf, shall we? fascinating story.

this unbelievable. believable. when i saw this all unfold earlier on today, we've had a tanker and a cargo ship colliding and on fire. let's cross live there. then to anna riley. good evening to you, anna. bring us up to speed with the latest. >> good evening michelle. well, we're here in withernsea on the east yorkshire coast, around 13 miles out from the north sea, where that collision happened at around 10:00 this morning between an oil tanker and a cargo ship. we know that lifeboats and the coastguard helicopter were called to the collision at the humber estuary after a huge tanker called the mv sinner immaculate appears to have been hit whilst it was at anchor by a portuguese flagged container called solingen, which was travelling at a rate of around 16 knots, which is around 20 miles an hour. when that

collision happened at. so after that the crew from the ships and were brought to safety. luckily the 36 crews crew on both vessels have been brought to safety, with only one in hospital. after what that happened at a really. >> that is interesting stuff anna. thank you for that. of course. so you can hear we've got a bit of a crunchy mic situation going on there. so for now i'll just leave that there. colin, you've just got in touch about that oil tanker situation saying this is an environmental disaster. you found this absolutely tragic tonight. well, alongside me, i've got one of my panellists shaun bailey those scenes when you see it. i mean, it was i'll tell you when i was walking past the telly earlier on and i glanced at the screen, i thought i'd got the wrong channel on. i thought, what's

that? that's not news. that's a movie. that's a horror. what was it? it was incredible to see that. >> yeah, it reminded me of the old days of exxon valdez and all those things going wrong. and it's so close. it's so close to our own coastline. that's the real shock about this. but look, while we have enormous tankers traversing the seas of the world, this is a worry. what what will be keen to us, i'd be keen to establish is it one of the newer double skinned tankers and how they're going to get that oil out of the water? and what will the impact be on our coast? is the current bringing it this way or is it bringing it out to sea? i think these are all things we want to establish very quickly. >> yeah, very valid questions there. let's cross live back to anna riley. the crunchy mike has been resolved. anna. >> yes, michelle. i don't know how much you picked up there from what i was saying, but i was saying luckily all all the crew, 36 crew from both those vessels were recovered safely with only one crew member in

hospital following this collision. we don't yet know what caused the collision. we just know that the cargo that was carrying jet fuel, it was at anchor when it was hit by the other vessel, which was going at a speed of around 16 knots, which is 20 miles an hour. crowley is the firm that manages the stena immaculate that was carrying the jet fuel. it said that the tanker sustained a ruptured cargo tank which caused multiple explosions and released jet fuel into the sea. downing street are saying that details of the cause of the collision are still becoming clear. the prime minister's official spokesman said that it was an extremely concerning situation that's been monitored, and that the marine accident investigation branch has deployed a team to conduct a preliminary assessment. i don't know if you can see on the screens, but footage following

this collision scree